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When the wall had been built and I had hung the doors, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.

References for Nehemiah 7:1

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Then I put my brother Hanani and Hananiah the commander of the fortress in charge of Jerusalem. Hananiah was a faithful man who revered God more than many.

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Ia said to them, "The gates of Jerusalem aren't to be opened during the hottest time of the day. While the gatekeepersb are still on duty, have them shut and bar the doors. Also, appoint guards from among those who live in Jerusalem. Station some at their watch posts and some in front of their own houses."

References for Nehemiah 7:4

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My God then prompted me to assemble the officials, the officers, and the people so that they could be registered by families. I found the record of the families who were the first to return, and I found the following written in it:

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These are the people of the province who returned from the captivity of those exiles whom Babylon's King Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile. They all returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to their own town.

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They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the people of Israel:

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The family of Parosh 2,172

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of Shephatiah 372

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of Arah 652

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of Pahath-moab, that is, of the descendants of Jeshua and Joab 2,818

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of Elam 1,254

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of Zattu 845

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of Zaccai 760

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of Binnui 648

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of Bebai 628

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of Azgad 2,322

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of Adonikam 667

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of Bigvai 2,067

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of Adin 655

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of Ater, that is, of the descendants of Hezekiah 98

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of Hashum 328

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of Bezai 324

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of Hariph 112

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of Gibeon 95

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The people of Bethlehem and Netophah 188

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of Anathoth 128

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of Beth-azmaveth 42

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of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth 743

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of Ramah and Geba 621

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of Michmas 122

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of Bethel and Ai 123

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of the other Nebo 52

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the inhabitants of the other Elam 1,254

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of Harim 320

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of Jericho 345

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of Lod, Hadid, and Ono 721

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of Senaah 3,930

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The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah, that is, of the house of Jeshua 973

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of Immer 1,052

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of Pashhur 1,247

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of Harim 1,017

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The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua, that is, of Kadmiel, of the descendants of Hodaviah 74